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In Colorado Springs, new organizers reviving Veterans Day parade after cancellation last week
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gazette.com, Southern Colorado

In Colorado Springs, new organizers reviving Veterans Day parade after cancellation last week

By Mary Shinn | The Gazette Colorado Springs will have a Veterans Day parade after all. Civic and businesses leaders announced Tuesday that new organizers have come forward to ensure a parade will take place next month after last week’s news of the cancellation of the original parade triggered an outpouring of support for the event. The new parade, to be called the “In Their Honor Veterans Day Parade,” will be held at 11 a.m. Nov. 9 along Tejon Street downtown. READ THE FULL STORY AT THE GAZETTE
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Budget crunch could lead to $3 per person uptick in cost to drive up Pikes Peak
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Pikes Peak Courier, Southern Colorado

Budget crunch could lead to $3 per person uptick in cost to drive up Pikes Peak

By Seth Boster | Pikes Peak Courier The price to drive up Pikes Peak could rise next summer under a proposal that comes at a time of other changes, increased costs and future concerns for the enterprise managing the famed highway. Pikes Peak-America’s Mountain — the enterprise established out of the city of Colorado Springs’ operations dating to 1948 — has proposed an extra $3 for people passing the Pikes Peak Highway gate. That would increase adult and children tickets to $18 and $8, respectively. Under the proposal, the charge for a carload of people would be $65, up $15. Ranging from punch cards to unlimited entry, season passes would also go up $15, with products costing between $130 and $240. READ THE FULL STORY AT THE PIKES PEAK COURIER
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El Paso County commissioner candidate accused of violating fair campaign practices
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Colorado Springs Gazette, Southern Colorado

El Paso County commissioner candidate accused of violating fair campaign practices

By Breeanna Jent | Colorado Springs Gazette El Paso County commissioner candidate David Leinweber faces accusations he has violated Colorado fair campaign practices in his bid for county office. Colorado Springs-based resident group Integrity Matters filed two complaints in under two weeks with Secretary of State Jena Griswold’s office, alleging Leinweber has used his current position as an at-large Colorado Springs councilman to campaign for his election as the county’s District 3 commissioner. The group filed the complaints on May 21 and on Wednesday. In its complaint filed Wednesday, Integrity Matters stated there have been numerous times when Leinweber has promoted city events on the Facebook page dedicated to his county commissioner campaign while serving in his capacity as a...
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‘We still have a long way to go’: CSP sergeant discusses DUI marijuana enforcement
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CBS 11 KKTV, Southern Colorado

‘We still have a long way to go’: CSP sergeant discusses DUI marijuana enforcement

By Jared Dean | CBS 11 Colorado Springs Sergeant Patrick Rice with the Colorado State Patrol says although the state has made serious progress when it comes to detecting and enforcing driving under the influence of marijuana they still have a long way to go. “We still have a long way to go as you can see on our roads we still have many many impaired drivers killing people drivers in Colorado nearly every day,” Rice said. Just last year there were 235 crashes caused by impaired driving in El Paso County. Tied with 2022 but the highest number the county has seen in the last ten years. Rice says over the years he has learned key differences to spot drivers who are driving while high. “Many of the dangers of the same it’s a slow, cognitive decision making abilities. It’s your abili...
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Investigation continues into partial Main Street building collapse in Cañon City
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Canon City Daily Record, Southern Colorado

Investigation continues into partial Main Street building collapse in Cañon City

By CARIE CANTERBURY | Canon City Daily Record City officials continue investigating the cause of a partial building collapse Tuesday afternoon at 612 Main St. in Cañon City. Emergency and utility crews responded to the structure at about 5:20 p.m. and discovered that portions of a first- and second-floor east exterior wall had broken away from the building and collapsed. There were two ground-floor businesses and one occupied residential space upstairs. “Thankfully, there were no injuries; one family was displaced and is staying with family,” states a press release from the City of Cañon City on Wednesday. READ THE FULL STORY AT CANONCITYDAILYRECORD.COM
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Fentanyl found on chartered bus Colorado 4th-grade students were on
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CBS 11 KKTV, Southern Colorado

Fentanyl found on chartered bus Colorado 4th-grade students were on

By Tony Keith | CBS 11 KKTV A Colorado school district is sharing a statement after fentanyl was found on a charter bus that was carrying elementary-aged students. Multiple people reached out to KKTV 11 News concerned about the situation, which serves as an important reminder for every parent or guardian to talk to their children about what to do if they come across pills or other questionable substances and paraphernalia. KidsHealth provides information on how you can talk to a young child about drugs, click here for more. It isn’t clear how the drugs got onto the chartered bus. The school district is not identifying the bus company the students were on, but KKTV 11 News reached out to a company we believe was involved based on information from our viewers and we hope to upd...
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Teller County declares local disaster emergency as result of power outages, snowfall
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CBS 11 KKTV, Southern Colorado

Teller County declares local disaster emergency as result of power outages, snowfall

By Lauren Watson | CBS 11 KKTV Teller County officials declared a local disaster emergency on Friday as a result of the winter storm. According to officials, the declaration was issued because “a public emergency exists in Teller County based on the severe winter storm and extremely high snow accumulation, which started on March 13, 2024, and continues, which poses an imminent threat of widespread and severe damage, injury or loss of life and property.” They added that the storm has created a strain on first responders and public services, as well as blocking travel on and preventing access to roadways. READ THE FULL STORY AND THE DISASTER DECLARATION AT CBS 11
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Pueblo’s new Fuel & Iron food hall accused in lawsuit of shorting its builders as construction lagged, costs soared
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Southern Colorado, The Colorado Sun

Pueblo’s new Fuel & Iron food hall accused in lawsuit of shorting its builders as construction lagged, costs soared

By Jennifer Brown and Tamara Chuang | Colorado Sun One of the coolest endeavors to open in Pueblo in recent years is tangled up in a court battle after being accused of not paying its builders for the full cost of the project.  Fuel & Iron, the historic hardware store transformed into affordable housing and a trendy food hall where visitors can find cocktails and beer, pizza and fried chicken, opened in April. It was sued in May, its contractor claiming it was shorted more than $2.4 million.  The dispute is a black eye on a project heralded as the perfect mix of private investment and public dollars, a $16 million plan cobbled together from 17 sources, including grants and local, state and federal government investments. READ THE FULL STORY AT THE COLORADO SUN
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Q&A with Heather Graham | Pueblo’s new mayor aims to set narrative for Colorado city
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coloradopolitics.com, Local, Southern Colorado

Q&A with Heather Graham | Pueblo’s new mayor aims to set narrative for Colorado city

By Ernest Luning | Colorado Politics Heather Graham was sworn in as only the second mayor of Pueblo in more than a century on Feb. 1, following the first-term, at-large city council member's nearly 25-point win in a runoff against the incumbent mayor, Nick Gradisar. A Pueblo native and registered Republican, Graham traces her political awakening to the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, when she organized protests over city policies that restricted operations at her three restaurants — Ruby's Wine Bar and two Graham's Grills. Known for its namesake Pueblo chile and as the Home of Heroes — it's the hometown of four Congressional Medal of Honor recipients — Pueblo is Colorado's ninth-largest city, with a current estimated population of just over 110,000 putting it behind Westminster an...
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It’s official: Amache National Historic Site in Southeast Colorado ensures federal protection for former Japanese American incarceration camp
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Local, National, Southern Colorado, The Colorado Sun

It’s official: Amache National Historic Site in Southeast Colorado ensures federal protection for former Japanese American incarceration camp

By Kevin Simpson | Colorado Sun Nearly two years after legislation designated the site of Colorado’s Granada War Relocation Center — also known as Camp Amache — part of the National Park System, Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland on Thursday formally closed the deal that creates Amache National Historic Site, ensuring federal protection for the grounds where more than 10,000 Japanese Americans were incarcerated during World War II. Details surrounding Granada’s official acquisition and donation of the land were recently finalized to clear the way for the National Park Service to assume management of the site, which sits on nearly one square mile just outside of the southeastern Colorado town. Amache opened in 1942 and closed in 1945. It was the smallest of 10 suc...
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